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The assessment department of the South Africa WikiProject focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's South African articles. The resulting article ratings are used within the project to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work, and are also expected to play a role in the Version 1.0 Editorial Team program.

The assessment is done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{WikiProject South Africa}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:South Africa articles by quality, which serve as the foundation for the automated assessment system.

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See also the general assessment FAQ and the project's B-Class assessment & criteria FAQ and A-Class review & criteria FAQ.

1. What is the purpose of the article ratings?

The rating system allows the project to monitor the quality of articles in our subject areas, and to prioritize work on these articles. It is also utilized by the Wikipedia 1.0 program to prepare for static releases of Wikipedia content. Please note, however, that these ratings are primarily intended for the internal use of the project, and do not necessarily imply any official standing within Wikipedia as a whole.

2. How do I add an article to the WikiProject?

Just add {{WikiProject South Africa}} to the talk page; there's no need to do anything else.

3. Someone put a {{WikiProject South Africa}} template on an article, but it doesn't seem to be within the project's scope. What should I do?

Because of the large number of articles we deal with, we occasionally make mistakes and add tags to articles that shouldn't have them. If you notice one, feel free to remove the tag, and optionally leave a note on the talk page of this department (or directly with the person who tagged the article).

4. Who can assess articles?

Any member of the South Africa WikiProject is free to add—or change—the rating of an article. Editors who are not participants in this project are also welcome to assess articles, but should defer to consensus within the project in case of procedural disputes.

5. How do I rate an article?

Check the quality scale and select the level that best matches the state of the article; then, follow the instructions below to add the rating to the project banner on the article's talk page. Please note that some of the available levels have an associated formal review process; this is documented in the assessment scale.

6. Can I request that someone else rate an article?

Of course; to do so, please list it in the section for assessment requests below.

7. Why didn't the reviewer leave any comments?

Unfortunately, due to the volume of articles that need to be assessed, we are unable to leave detailed comments in most cases. If you have particular questions, you might ask the person who assessed the article; they will usually be happy to provide you with their reasoning.

8. Where can I get more comments about an article?

The review department can conduct more thorough examination of articles; please submit it for peer review there.

9. What if I don't agree with a rating?

You can list it in the section for assessment requests below, and someone will take a look at it. Alternately, you can ask any member of the project to rate the article again. Please note that some of the available levels have an associated formal review process; this is documented in the assessment scale.

10. Aren't the ratings subjective?

Yes, they are somewhat subjective, but it's the best system we've been able to devise. If you have a better idea, please don't hesitate to let us know!

11. What about lists?

Lists are assessed using the same scale as other articles; however, they progress towards featured list rather than featured article status.

12. Does South Africa have its own stub tag?

Yes, we have several; see the manual of style for more details.

13. What if I have a question not listed here?

If your question concerns the article assessment process specifically, please refer to the discussion page for this department; for any other issues, you can go to the main project discussion page.

An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Banner Shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject South Africa}} project banner on their talk page will be added to the appropriate categories by quality.

The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article (see Wikipedia:Content assessment for assessment criteria):

For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for the class parameter:

An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject South Africa}} project banner on its talk page:

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The following values may be used for the importance parameter to describe the relative importance of the article within the project (see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Priority of topic for assessment criteria):

• University of Stellenbosch Business School Ruben.brandt (talk) 09:36, 9 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Sophiatown (ShiningWolf (talk) 08:32, 25 January 2012 (UTC))[reply]
• Corrective rape (Rachelpop- (talk) 17:40, 15 April 2012 (UTC))[reply]
• Shaka Memorial BigNucaDotCom (talk) 16:09, 5 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Sangoma Mycelium101 (talk) 09:19, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• A-Darter (missile) Dafranca (talk) 04:14, 26 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Mpumalanga Witchcraft Suppression Bill HelenOnline (talk) 22:22, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Paganism in South Africa HelenOnline (talk) 09:37, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• South African Charter of Religious Rights and Freedoms HelenOnline (talk) 09:39, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Hilton College (South Africa) Mattpbarry (talk) 17:30, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Logan Basson --Buspirtraz (talk) 06:43, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• KZN Literary Tourism -- Rchunylall (talk) 18:41, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Queen's South Africa Medal was expanded considerably and can do with re-assessment. -- André Kritzinger (talk) 22:10, 13 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• King's South Africa Medal was expanded considerably and can do with re-assessment. -- André Kritzinger (talk) 17:27, 15 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Dekoratie voor Trouwe Dienst was expanded considerably and probably deserves promotion from its stub-status. -- André Kritzinger (talk) 14:56, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• South Africa Medal (1854) was expanded considerably and needs assessment/re-assessment. -- André Kritzinger (talk) 01:01, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• South Africa Medal (1880) was expanded considerably and needs assessment/re-assessment. -- André Kritzinger (talk) 01:01, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Cape of Good Hope General Service Medal was expanded considerably and needs assessment/re-assessment. -- André Kritzinger (talk) 01:01, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• 1914 Star was expanded considerably and needs assessment/re-assessment. -- André Kritzinger (talk) 01:01, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Medalje voor de Anglo-Boere Oorlog was expanded considerably and needs assessment/re-assessment. -- André Kritzinger (talk) 01:01, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Lint voor Verwonding was expanded considerably and needs assessment/re-assessment. -- André Kritzinger (talk) 01:01, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Natal Native Rebellion Medal was expanded. Request re-assessment. -- André Kritzinger (talk) 21:05, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (South Africa) was created recently. Request assessment. -- André Kritzinger (talk) 21:05, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Efficiency Decoration (South Africa) was expanded. Request re-assessment. -- André Kritzinger (talk) 21:05, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Efficiency Medal (South Africa) was expanded. Request re-assessment. -- André Kritzinger (talk) 21:05, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Union of South Africa Commemoration Medal was expanded. Request re-assessment. -- André Kritzinger (talk) 21:05, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• South African Medal for War Services was expanded. Request re-assessment. -- André Kritzinger (talk) 21:05, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• 1914–15 Star was expanded and structured. Request re-assessment. -- André Kritzinger (talk) 00:02, 28 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• British War Medal was expanded and structured. Request re-assessment. -- André Kritzinger (talk) 00:37, 29 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Victory Medal (South Africa) - New article, for assessment please. -- André Kritzinger (talk) 20:50, 29 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Mercantile Marine War Medal was expanded and structured. Request re-assessment, please. -- André Kritzinger (talk) 01:20, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• 1939–1945 Star was expanded and structured. Re-assess, please. -- André Kritzinger (talk) 01:13, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• History of South Africa Extensively reworked, restructured, lots of POV and unreferenced OR removed, expanded with refs, etc. Kindly re-assess and possibly promote to B-class. 41.162.131.130 (talk) 16:43, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Water privatisation in South Africa was never assessed and needs to. Anthere (talk) 22:39, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Children's_Act_(South_Africa) was never assessed and needs to. Anthere (talk) 22:39, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Kaditshwene was never assessed and needs to. Anthere (talk) 22:39, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Cradle of Humankind needs reassessment Anthere (talk)
• South African hacker history was never assessed. Kindly assess and assign correct class. 105.226.13.137 (talk) 10:22, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Cricket South Africa was expanded considerably. Request re-assessment. -- .sprika. (talk) 15:50, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Cricket in South Africa was expanded considerably. Request re-assessment. -- .sprika. (talk) 15:50, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Jon Qwelane (Park3r talk) 23:06, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Cape Independence has not been assessed yet. Suffy69 (talk) 18:50, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Life Esidimeni scandal is not a stub anymore, I think. Jlalbion (talk) 15:14, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Bureau of State Security also doesn't seem like a stub anymore. Jlalbion (talk) 15:14, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Jacob Dlamini, too, has probably been expanded beyond stub class. Jlalbion (talk) 15:14, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Muldergate has been substantially expanded. Jlalbion (talk) 15:14, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Bheki Cele has also been expanded. Jlalbion (talk) 15:14, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Jackie Selebi has been reworked. Jlalbion (talk) 15:14, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• John Jeffery has been expanded about as far as it can be. Jlalbion (talk) 15:14, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Electoral Commission of South Africa has been expanded. Jlalbion (talk) 15:14, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Robert Smit hasn't been rated and was recently expanded. Jlalbion (talk) 15:14, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Free State Gold Rush I've expanded this recently and am still doing so, will need to be re-assessed soon. EPIFANOVE^(TALK) 00:19, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Stellenbosch University Choir Substantial changes and updates since last assessment in 2012.User:Janneman27^(TALK) 13:56, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Matshakatini Nature Reserve was never assessed and needs to. Alex26337 (talk) 05:36, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Amafufunyana was never assessed and needs to be. Theriocephalus (talk) 4:35, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
• Grootslang was never assessed and needs to be. Theriocephalus (talk) 4:35, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
• Lightning bird was never assessed and needs to be. Theriocephalus (talk) 4:35, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

• Erica afra (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
• Glenrose Xaba (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
• Hlengiwe Mgabadeli (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
• Mandla Msomi (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
• Maxwell Moss (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
• Monontsi Mzondeki (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
• Mtutuzeli Mpehle (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
• S.P.E. Boshoff (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to B-Class. (rev · t)
• Senzo Mfayela (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
• Sipho Mfundisi (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
• South Africa Now (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Teraco Data Environments (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
• White South African English phonology (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)

• Alan Clark (football manager) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Allothele teretis (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Caseidae (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Jan Meyer (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Khalid Mahmood Rashid (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:South Africa women's national cricket team captains (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• The Surface Seems So Far (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)

• Julius Mongwaketse (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
• Mohseen Moosa (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
• Monako Moatshe (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
• Papi Moloto (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Paraguay-South Africa relations (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t)
• Rapu Molekane (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
• Samuel Sisulu (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in South Arica (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t)
• Zwangendaba (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)

• Draft:Amatikulu Nature Reserve (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Jacko Maree (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Lithodes murrayi (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Port cities and towns in South Africa (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Draft:Youngboi OG (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)

• Draft:Funzi Ngobeni (talk) removed.
• Draft:Gregory Bortz (talk) removed.
• Draft:Juicy Lucyy (talk) removed.
• Category:Port cities in South Africa (talk) removed.

• List of National Assembly members of the 28th Parliament of South Africa (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to List-Class. (rev · t)

• Category:Central business districts in South Africa (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Ezenzeleni Blind Institute (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Draft:Serge Belamant (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Truth or Dare (Tyla song) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as B-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)

• Category:Central business districts of South Africa (talk) removed.
• Category:Members of the South African Unemployed Peoples' Movement (talk) removed.

• 123rd IOC Session (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Mid-Class. (rev · t)
• Karin Van Der Laag (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)

• IKwekwezi FM renamed to Ikwekwezi FM.
• Robert Clarkson Tredgold renamed to Robert Tredgold.
• University of Stellenbosch Business School renamed to Stellenbosch Business School.

• 2024 Lusikisiki shootings (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)

• Ikwekwezi FM (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Railway stations in South Africa opened in the 1880s (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Railway stations in South Africa opened in the 1890s (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Robert Tredgold (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Stellenbosch Business School (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Thohoyandou National Botanical Garden (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)

• Draft:Angelo Clyde Louw (talk) removed.

• Colbyn (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
• Kobamelo Kodisang (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Zwangendaba (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Low-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)

• 2024 Lusikisiki shootings (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Bophuthatswana Democratic Party (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Charassognathidae (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Syd Newman (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)

• Draft:Jeffreys Bay Primary (talk) removed.
• Draft:Keith Brebnor (talk) removed.